Airplane



Nov. 18, '1924. 1,516,221

- J. TUSCHER AIRPLANE 'original Filed Jan. 8, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l @651 Taaclzr ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Nov. 18, 1924- 7 1,516,221

J. TUSCHER AIRPLANE Original Filed Jan. 8 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR A1TORN EY WITNESS:

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, AIRPLANE.

Application filed January. 8, ,1923,

To all 'ibhom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JACOB TUSCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alton, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements-"in Airplanes, of which the I 'by eliminating the necessity of propelling the plane on the ground before the rise;

Another object of tlie invention resides in the provision of an airplane constructed 1n the manner above stated, and whercm the locomotive power for the different propellers can be coupled with the shaftof the forward propeller to increase the speed of the plane forwardly.

The nature and advantages of the inven-' tion will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings,

- the invention residing in the construction,

combination, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this application, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherem:

Figure 1 is a perpendicular rise of an airplaneconstructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

' Figure?) is a fragmentary view, partly in section showing the clutch mechanism.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A indicates an airplane of wellknown construction, and wherein 10 represents the forward propeller including a shaft 11 which is driven by a motor 12. The rear propeller is indicated at 13, and includes a shaft 14,

which is operated by means of a motor 15. Arranged between the motors is a clutch mechanism including the sliding collars 16 having associated therewith levers 17', and these levers'are connected by means of a rod 18 to a main 0 rating lever 19, so that the collars are'shi (1 simultaneously. The col- Serial No. 611,354. Renewed July 1, 1924.

lars operate to move the bevelled ears 20 into and out of mesh with a large evelled gear 21 carried by the shaft 22 of a motor indicated at 23. 1

Arranged above the plane is a plate 2 1 of Suitable dimensions, and this plate forms a bearing for the propeller shaft 25. The plate is supported horizontally by a suitable supporting structure 26 which is braced bv stay rods'2f4'. The vertical propeller shaft 25 carries at its lower end a bevelled gear 28 which meshes with the gear 21, so that the propeller 29 is operated by the motor 23, independently of the other propellers initially, and is arranged to lift the air plane strai ht upwardly off the ground orsurface,

While it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown and described, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as' fall within the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim is 1- An airplane comprising a body portion, front and rear propellers having aligned shafts, a motor for independently driving each of said shafts, said motors arranged in alignment and spaced apart, a vertically disposed propeller shaft and propeller there-. for, a motor arranged at right angles to the first named motors and having a shaft extending at right angles to said first named shafts, a driving connection between the third named motor and the verticalpropeller shaft, and a means carried by each of the motor' shafts of the motors first named whereby all of said motors may be coupled for driving the airplane forwardly.

In testimony whereof I. afiix my signature. 

